Hampi: The third meeting of the G20 Sherpas is underway here in this historic city Karnataka India is discussing a financing structure to help low- and middle-income countries with their digital transformation, a top official said, adding that India will focus on the development agenda.
“The financing structure is being discussed,” India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant told a news conference. India is demonstrating its success in digital public infrastructure and wants it to be replicated in developing countries. New Delhi believes that a gap exists in the global governance architecture with respect to Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). Sherpas drafting leader’s declaration for September summit National Capital.
Kant had earlier said that the Digital Economy Group is discussing a proposal to set up a fund for low- and middle-income countries to aid their digital transformation through open source, open APIs and interoperable digital public infrastructure.
India had earlier released a draft communique and has now come out with a revised draft and Hampi focuses on issues New Delhi wants to mark under its chairmanship such as growth, development, acceleration of the Sustainable Development Goals Bringing, addressing the debt crisis and the issues facing it. Global South. Kant explained that for the time being the effort is to avoid discussing controversial issues such as the context of the war in Ukraine.
“Our priority is developmental issues. Our priority is development, progress, our priority is inclusive development. Our priority is finance over multilateral institutions,” said Kant.
“Our priority is the Sustainable Development Goals. Our priority is technological change. Gender equality is our priority. Our priority is not war,” he said, but added that the issue would be discussed bilaterally.
“The financing structure is being discussed,” India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant told a news conference. India is demonstrating its success in digital public infrastructure and wants it to be replicated in developing countries. New Delhi believes that a gap exists in the global governance architecture with respect to Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). Sherpas drafting leader’s declaration for September summit National Capital.
Kant had earlier said that the Digital Economy Group is discussing a proposal to set up a fund for low- and middle-income countries to aid their digital transformation through open source, open APIs and interoperable digital public infrastructure.
India had earlier released a draft communique and has now come out with a revised draft and Hampi focuses on issues New Delhi wants to mark under its chairmanship such as growth, development, acceleration of the Sustainable Development Goals Bringing, addressing the debt crisis and the issues facing it. Global South. Kant explained that for the time being the effort is to avoid discussing controversial issues such as the context of the war in Ukraine.
“Our priority is developmental issues. Our priority is development, progress, our priority is inclusive development. Our priority is finance over multilateral institutions,” said Kant.
“Our priority is the Sustainable Development Goals. Our priority is technological change. Gender equality is our priority. Our priority is not war,” he said, but added that the issue would be discussed bilaterally.